Draft attachment for vehicles.



No. 724,803. PATENTED APR. v, 1903.

W. D'. CARSON. DRAFT ATTACHMENT EOE VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 23. 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. CARSON, OF CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

DRAFT ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatenteNo. 724,803, dated April 7, 1903. l Application iiled JulyKZS, 1902. Serial No. 116,722. (No model.) Y

struction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed. Y

The object of myinvention isA to provide au improved draft attachment which shall obviate the injurious Weight heretofore placed upon the horses neck by the load pulling downwardly upon the hannes and collars.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved draft attachment applied to a common four-wheeled two-horse vehicle, the vehicle being shown in dotted lines.

illustrating the manner of applying my invention to one-horse vehicles.

4t indicates a series of metallic draft-rods,

the rear ends of which are provided with eyes 5 and connected to commony clevises 6, and said clevises are passed over the rear axle 7 at a point about midway of its length. I preferably use two of said draft-rods, although it is obvious that in some cases I may limit the number to one or in some cases to three or more, as circumstances may require. Eyes 8 are formed also upon the forward ends of the said draft-rods 4, and these eyes are made to engage perforations 9 in a triangular equalizingfplate 10and said plate is also provided with a third aperture 11, in which is mounted a common clevis 12, andthe doubletree 13 is pivotally connected to saidclevis 12.

It will be observed that the doubletree is not connected in any manner to the tongue or hounds and is therefore free to move in- Fig 2 is. a side elevation of my improved attachment'. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modification,v

dependently of the said parts. When draft is applied to the doubletree 13, there will therefore be no draft upon the tongue, but the draft will be in' a direct line from the hames carried by the horses to the rear axle '7 without any intervening connection with any other partof the vehicle. The advantage of this construction is thatrit relieves thehorses necks of the usual weight caused by the pulling down of the load, and it also provides a very strong and durable connection.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, 14 indicates a singletree which has'rno connection withY the shafts 15 and the draft-rods 4 are extended rearwardly in the vmanner alreadyv A'to be hitched, a draft-rod extending in a straight linel from the rear axle of the vehicle to the said free tree, means for secur= ing therear end of said straight draft-rod to the rear axle, and means for securing the forward end of said rod to the said tree, substantially as specified.

2. An improved draft attachment for vehicles, comprising atree free to move in all directions and to which the draft-animal is to be hitched, a series of straight draft-,rods 4 having eyes 5 at their rear ends and eyes 8 at their forward ends, clevises 6 adapted to encircle the rearaxle and be connected to the said eyes 5, equalizing-plate l0 connected to the eyes 8, and a clevis 12 connected to said equalizing-plate and adapted to be connected to the said free tree, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` WILLIAM D. CARSON.

Witnesses:

ALFRED A. EIOKs, M. G. IRION. 

